Spartanburg woman accused of stabbing father of children on Christmas

Friday

Dec 28, 2012 at 9:44 PM

A Spartanburg woman is accused of stabbing the father of her children on Christmas Day.

From staff reports

A Spartanburg woman is accused of stabbing the father of her children on Christmas Day. Tiffany Marie Lyles, 33, of 224 W. Chatelain Drive, has been charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. The father of Lyles' children said Lyles, with knife in hand, came to a residence where he has been living, according to a Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office incident report.The victim claimed that Lyles held the knife to their son's chest and said she would kill him before stabbing the child's father in the arm. The victim said before Lyles left, she threw the knife at him and hit him in the head.A relative of the victim said she saw Lyles puncture the victim's right arm and throw the knife at him. Lyles also has been charged with malicious injury to property valued at $2,000 or less. An arrest warrant states that she cut up the victim's clothes and broke toys purchased for his children on Dec. 20.Lyles was booked Friday into the Spartanburg County jail and was still in custody that evening, according to online jail records.